Fond Farewell

Joseph Paul DiMaggio

November 25, 1914  - - -  March 8, 1999

One of the greatest baseball legends ever, Joe DiMaggio was known as the "Yankee Clipper".  For 13 years he played baseball for the NY Yankees and is one of the greatest players of all time and was nicknamed Joltin' Joe.  His father was an immigrant from Sicily, Italy.   He married actress and icon Marilyn Monroe on January 14, 1954, but they were separated later in the year and eventually divorced.  He still continued to be her best friend and delivered flowers to her grave every year on the anniversary of her death.

Joe DiMaggio Links
National Baseball Hall of Fame - Members Gallery www.baseballhalloffame.org/members/hofers/jpd/jpd.html
Italian-American Web Site of New York www.italian-american.com/joedimag.htm
Ellis Island Medal of Honor www.neco.org/joedimaggio.html
Baseball Career Statistics totalbaseball.com/player/d/dimaj101/dimaj101.html
Baseball Career Statistics www.birdiebarn.com/dimaj101.htm
Joe DiMaggio Memorabilia www.spindelvisions.com/clipper.htm
Vintage Photos www.h2net.net/p/infoview/vintage_web/core/dimaggio01.htm
Books on Joe DiMaggio www.joedimaggio.com/joe.html
Waiting for Joe DiMaggio soundprint.org/~soundprt/more_info/dimaggio.html
CBS Sportsline cbs.sportsline.com/u/baseball/mlb/1999/dimaggio/joecap3899.htm

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